I'm thinking of starting my own Proxy service, can someone reccomend hosting for a proxy service ? I've heard of some hosters that don't want people hosting that kind of stuff on their servers. Well I expect to get at least 400~500 ppl on in per day
I have just set up a new dedicated server for php proxy hosting so if you want to make a public proxy (one where you get people into the site and they surf via an address bar) and make money via advertising, then I can probably help you. (we do not do spam proxies so thats a no no) I already run 2 x VPS servers with about 50 or so sites on them purely for proxy hosting but due to that, the servers run a little slow, another reason why hosts dont like to offer proxy services becasue it eats through bandwidth and cpu. I should have the new server set up in the next few days. Let me know here and also by PM if you are interested and I will let you know when I have the new packagaes in place. Shared Proxy Hosting will cost about $10 per month with a fairly decent amount of bandwidth.
Most hosts don't allow proxies due to the reasons that the above poster already said. There are a few hosts out there, but just make sure to both ask them and also read through the TOS.
Maybe you should do a search in the forum before posting a thread. http://forums.digitalpoint.com/search.php?searchid=8232651
For 400 - 500 ppl/day just search this forum for cheap proxy hosting, that should be enough. When you reach 4.000 ppl/day, find a vps provider. And at 7.000ppl/day then you can start find a dedicated server.